Catamenial bandage.



No. 879,778. PATENTED PEB. 18, 1908. W. LAUFFS. GATAMBNIAL BANDAGE.

APPLICATION I'ILBD APB 25, 1905 l io WILHELMINA LAUFFS, OF ZURICH, SWITZERLAND.

CATAIVHENIAL BANDAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1908.

Application led April 25. 1905. 'Serial No. 257.337.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILHELMINA LAUFFs, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, and resident of Kanzleistrasse 95, Zurich, Switzerland, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Catamenial Bandage, of which the followin is a specification.

The invention re ates to catamenial bandages and more particularly to the construction and arrangement of the absorbent parts and the non-absorbent parts thereof.

The main object of the invention is to provide a bandage of this character which will be simple in construction and light of weight, while providing a relativelyT large bulk of absorbent material at one lpoint, and adjoining absorbent surfaces w ereby, when the sald bulk of material is thoroughly im regnated with the discharges from the bo y of the wearei, the adjoining absorbent material will take up further discharges.

A further object is to provide a bandage of this character wherein the bulk of absorbent material most readily and rapidly im regnated with the aforesaid dischar es,

' be separate and distinct from the ot er parts of the bandage, thus permitting the removal and substitution of fresh material therefor. "Y if f E30 A still further object is to provide a bandage of this character which, while presenting an ample absorbent body, will also afford a soft yielding contact to the body of the wearer, thus avoiding soreness of the wearer.

A still further object is to provide a band- 'age of this character which cannot readily slip out of place. And a still further object is to rovlde a bandage of this character wherein the absorbent material will be so protected by non-absorbent material as to avoid'contact of the apparel of the wearer with said absorbent material.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth and described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the bandage opened out, the means of attachment to Jthe wearer being omitted. Fig. 2 is a section on the line G--D of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a section on the line A--B of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a view of the bandage folded together and ready for adjustment to the scale, of the bandage and the means attachinT it to the wearer.

Iiike letters refer to like parts throughout.

a pocket c is formed between the two layers by simple stitching. ployed for holding pads of wadding or similar material.

To the outer corners of the tri-44 These pockets are em angular portions b buttons e areeattached,`

protective india-rubber covering d, and on the other hand, enable the elastic bands f7.5

fastened to the belt g to be hooked on. The

, Whlch, on the one hand, serve for fixing a flayers of which the bandage is com osed lie I in the following order, inner layer middle layer a, and outer layer d consisting of an india-rubber protective cover.

When the pockets c have been furnished with wadding pads the bandage is folded in such 4a. manner that the two parts of the layers a and t which are sewn together and extend beyond the india-rubber protective cover d come over the interior layer t so that they can be fastened together by means of buttons k. when S0 aided, a will be observed that the greater part of the bulk of the absorbent material is represented by the wadding in the pockets c and that it is located substantially centrally of the bandage, this being so located as to receive and absorb the dischar es, and at the same time reduce the bulk of t e bandage as an entirety, in amanner to avoid discomfort to the wearer. This arran ement also permits the ready removal of t e greater part of the unsanitary element of the bandage, The bandage is thus completely covered on one side by the protective india-rubber covering. The wadding linings can easily be replaced.

The layers a, and b may be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after the removal of the elastic bands and india-rubber protective covering and used repeatedly.

The impurities secreted by the body spread -OVeI the whole bandage which even when .entirelyl impregnated with impurities has wearer, and Fig. 5 is '-a view on a smaller istil! e certaln power of absorption and any 110 u *1 'soY chang or scratching of the body is rendered im ossible.

aving now described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a catamenial bandage, the combination of two superimposed layersof absorbent fabric secured toglther and having oppositely disposed poc ets formed therebetween at a point adjacent to each edge theeof, removable absorbent wads or pads in each said pocket, means whereby the edges of said layers may be folded inwardly and overlapped, and secured in this position, tri-v l angular end flaps carried by one of said strips, 15

VILI-IELMINA LAUFFS.

Witnesses R. SIGMUND MLLER, A. LIEBERKNECHT. 

